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Perhaps instead lying about where you are going to build, and dodging other stacked zerg guilds while targeting a guild where the majority of the players are sub 400Gs you could have asked enemy for a 40v40?

meanwhile, you complain about not having fun, asking the bigger guilds why they don't build at valencia where you have a huge home advantage while on the podcast, to make yourself look big and strong, but write stuff like this?

"best guild eu" would rather build on a node that might have GaiaForever on it than build on enemy's node?

Disclaimer: I am aware of the block situation, however that has not been confirmed to be a bug or a ninja nerf at this moment in time, and does not discredit the information provided below.This post has no connection to the Block issue, and is a general response to the valkyrie player base for its relentless attempts at getting the class unwarranted buffs.

Since the release of valkyrie's awakening in November 2016, the class has been subject to a lot of harsh remarks from it's mostly casual player base, donning nicknames such as "Lifeskill class" or "Sheep gathering class"The class requires high APM and good mechanical skill to be properly executed, but instead of playing the class as it was designed, the playerbase has been kicking up a storm to have their life made easier for them, when in fact they have already had it way easier than the majority of the classes in Black Desert, aside from a few obvious exceptions which still need tweaking.Before we get to damage, which I will be talking about later (way too much) let's talk about utility.Valkyrie's intended role in BDO was as a tanky support/utility role. Which was unique and made the class stand out from the crowd.With abilities like Breath of Ellion allowing you to heal friends, Ellions blessing allowing you to give party mates 100% resistance from all crowd control for 6 seconds and last but not least, heaven's echo giving a party-wide accuracy buff of a staggering 12% for a whopping 60 seconds.However, over time, valkyrie slowly became a beast in itself, becoming known to the playerbase as one of, if not the best 1v1 class in the game pre-awakening.With awakening however, people who were used to this lifestyle expected the same thing, tankiness, utility, mobility and damageAnd that is exactly what they got, however many of them are too lazy to achieve the levels required that give the class all of the above and want it handed to them on a platter instead.UtilityUtility was provided by Wave of Light, a unique skill which pulls players and monsters together, allowing for well coordinated setups to be executed with other classes such as the sorceresses black hole ability.Purificatione also has hidden utility, hidden behind the veil of terrible google translated skill descriptions, when an enemy is hit by the spell, allies around you will be healed.footage: https://my.mixtape.moe/akphid.webmTankinessThis came with the upgraded block, blocking about 75% more damage than shield and sword, lance and shield is an intimidating force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, which is amplified by lingering super armour, which valkyries and warriors get after using their block ability, this means that if a valkyrie blocks, then stops blocking they are IMMUNE to crowd control, this means that the valkyrie is completely safe to cast any skill it wants, many valks on the forum will pretend that this is a trait exclusive to warrior, but here is footage to debunk that.https://my.mixtape.moe/unvkic.webmhttps://my.mixtape.moe/ivzrnu.webmhttps://my.mixtape.moe/gidngw.webmAs you can see in the links above, the valkyrie is not bound, however in the clip below, she gets bound.https://my.mixtape.moe/osdavx.webmValkyrie's Super armour block is also 360 degrees, meaning that while a valkyrie is blocking you can go behind them and attack them as much as you want, but you cannot CC them, making them incredibly overpowered when fighting against a class without a grab, proof of this can be found here: https://my.mixtape.moe/rrkbkf.webmMobilityAnother one of valkyries (many) strong points, is that in the hands of a capable user, valkyrie can be as fast as the more nimble "assassin" type classes in black desert, which in reality is pretty ridiculous as mobility and damage is the selling points of these classes,why would anyone play these when valkyrie provides that with extra tankiness and utility? Proof here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoHWIjyRTp4Damage

This is what seemed to be most underwhelming for the casual player base, their damage. when people play an awakened class they expect something like wizard, a class where they can press 1,2,3 and see flashy effects and BIG DAMAGE with little effort or execution required.With abilities like Sanctitas de Enslar amplifying your own damage while Purificatione decreases your opponent's defensive capabilities, a valkyrie with good mechanical skill can exploit her kit beyond most players expectations, allowing for incredible burst potential, more than most "DPS" classes in Black Desert's roster, as you can see in the following clips, a valkyrie with very average gear (181/183) is destroying a warrior, a class that is innately tanky and takes less damage than every other classhttps://my.mixtape.moe/pavles.webmhttps://my.mixtape.moe/qjkcpt.webmhttps://my.mixtape.moe/xduavk.webmValkyrie's gear: http://i.imgur.com/U3Dd9iS.jpgIt's not merely coincidence that 2 of the highest leveled characters on both EU and NA are valkyries, the class is a beast at not only PVP, but PVE too, with it's excellent mobility and self buffs/utility, combined with its amazing damage the class is regarded as one of the best in high end PVE spots, her only drawback being lack of 360 aoe, meaning some mobs may get behind you and you will either have to waste time killing stragglers or move to the next pack.Footage of high level valkyrie PVE: https://clips.twitch.tv/CovertMushyOwlNotATKthe only drawback is, that valkyrie shines when she hits level 60, which the majority of the playerbase has yet to reach, and may make users feel like the class is lacking in departments where she is more than adequately equipped, the Valkyrie has become a frankenstein, a jack of all trades that is not just good at everything, but excellent, with the buffs EU/Na has still not recieved from korea coming soon, the class is going to become an unstoppable juggernaut, pushing out classes who were only designed to do damage out of the picture.

TLDR:Valkyrie is borderline OP currently and with buffs just around the corner, she may very well become OP.

Wow, you waited 7 days! I feel so sorry for you, how about maehwa who have been waiting 5 weeks (while giant got buffed the same week as it was getting buffed in kr, every time) And WP pots, which we have been waiting for, for like 6 months?

It's the single most overpowered form of crowd control in Black Desert Online, if you're not familiar with them, here's why;

1.It ignores CC chain resist ( patched into kr in 2015, in EU/NA since release) This means giants can grab 4 times consecutively, whereas any other form of cc will be resisted if used on someone already afflicted by that cc (a stunned target cannot be stunned again, for example)2. It penetrates both super armour and frontal guard(any other form of crowd control can be dodged/mitigated by using a super armor skill or frontal guard skill at the same time)

3. It seems to work in favour of the player with the worse connection(if someone is lagging and grabs you, you will be teleported to where you are on their screen regardless of where you are on yours)

4. It is too strong in low fps scenarios(example; 60 man 5 fps rbf, if you are using superarmours/frontal guard skills to outplay a group of enemies someone can just run up behind you and grab you and you are 100% dead)

We need a solution kakao, my suggestions are that grabs should only work when a target is already affected by crowd control, or make all grabs flows of existing skills, so that players cannot just dash > grab